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Thursday, September 25, 2008

The PLCB Should Still Be Abolished

After over a month, my other blog has lurched back into relevancy: there's a new Reason Why the PLCB Should Be Abolished. This time it's about how the PLCB and The Almighty Liquor Code don't really care about you; they just want your money. You're shocked, I'm sure. Read, enjoy, get pissed off.

11 comments:

Anonymous
said...

You make some possibly valid points then its...'we should be able to bring our dog to the bar'....really? you want to drink with your dog buy a six pack and stay home. no offense to you or your dog, i'm sure its a great dog, buts its a dog.

There was a great bar down in Deutschtown in North Side of Pittsburgh. I think it was called the Beer Haus or the Bier House I can not rmember exactly, but anyway the owner had this big bulldog that hung out in the bar I think his name was stoney anyway that dog was great realy helped made that bar a nice hangout

Actually, boys, I own two dogs, and believe strongly that they should stay at home. Although mine tend to be well-behaved, I have been in too many situations where someone's dog in a public place is a genuine pain in the ass, much like undisciplined children have been known to be. Dogs are not children, and though I love them, mine ARE just dogs, and they have no potential to annoy someone else if they're left at home.

Interesting that the dogs have stirred up this much comment. I can see your point, Sam. I'd just like the owner to have the option of allowing -- and disallowing -- dogs based solely on the bar owner's judgment in individual cases. You might say that throwing one person's dog out will hurt their feelings; that's something the bar owner will have to take into account, as well as the feelings of folks like you and the first commenter. It's like non-smoking bars before the PA state-wide ban: up to the owner. Selin's Grove brewpub banned smoking from the get-go, and no one seemed to have a problem with that; if they did, they went elsewhere or smoked outside. Ditto with dogs, no?

Right, Jerry he used to work at CMU as a facility manager, nice guy. He had a great collection of brewerania in there. Now Lew that was a place that was close to a German Lokal (discussion from a couple of weeks ago) not the most exotic or refined in the world but pretty darn good (Penn Brewing and ICB) but still a place I would go any day. I would also humbly submit Selin's Grove. A different atmosphere than Deutschtahn, but really that place could be located on the Moselle, Rhein or Elbe as easily as the Susquehanna, and the beer is, well, an added bonus (I really like that cream ale)

Good point about Selin's Grove...although I could see it in the UK, too. Good bar, great regulars and staff. Wish it were a LOT closer, or a bar like it was. The Newportville Inn near me has potential; need to get down there a few more times to really get the feel. You know: the hard part of my job...

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I've been a full-time drinks writer since 1996. Currently I'm managing editor of Whisky Advocate magazine, and my first whiskey book, "Tasting Whiskey," came out in October 2014. I am the author of four regional brewery guidebooks. Next time you see me at a bar or event or distillery, say hi.